HARPREET SINGH GILL vs KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LTD

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 132 CRM-M-29606-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 22.05.2026 HARPREET SINGH GILL ... Petitioner Versus KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LTD ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMAN CHAUDHARY Present : Mr. Kunal Vinayak, Advocate, for the petitioner. **** AMAN CHAUDHARY, J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, for quashing the order dated 25.03.2026 (Annexure P4) passed by learned Addl. Sessions Judge, Chandigarh, to the extent vide which the petitioner has been directed to deposit 20% of the compensation amount. 2. Learned counsel submits that sentence of the petitioner, aged 54 years, was suspended, vide the aforesaid order dated 25.03.2026, but he was directed to deposit 20% of the compensation amount. The imposition of such stringent and onerous condition is unjust. He prays that the same is liable to be quashed on account of his family exigencies and poor financial status. 3. Heard. 4. Reference is made to the judgment of Hon’ble the Supreme Court in Jamboo Bhandari vs. MP State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd. 2023(10) SCC 446, the relevant paras whereof reads thus: “6. What is held by thi